Tech giant Apple is planning to move production of its MacBook laptops to Thailand amid a global manufacturing exodus from rogue state China.

The company is looking to Southeast Asian countries amid 'geopolitical uncertainties' involving America and China, which is a dominant player in its supply chains.

A Nikkei Asia report said Apple is planning to build manufacturing facilities in Thailand, where Apple Watches are already being mass produced.

Apple also plans to make MacBooks in Vietnam in the first half of 2023, while a new factory for the laptops is expected to be completed in Thailand by the end of the year, the report said.

The shift comes months after worker unrest rocked the largest iPhone factory Foxconn in Zhengzhou, Henan towards last year's holiday season, which is Apple's most profitable sales window.

Despite the move to disentangle from China, Apple CEO Tim Cook has praised the tech company's relationship with the rogue state as 'symbiotic'.

It comes as companies around the world look to improve their supply chain resilience by reducing dependence on Communist China.

China has faced controversy for its mistreatment of the Uyghurs minority group, with international human rights groups accusing it of committing genocide and crimes against humanity.

Satellite images have shown authorities building a growing number of 're-education camps' allegedly to indoctrinate the Uyghur minorities. Authorities have denied the charges of human rights abuses, invoking the perceived threat of separatism and terrorism to justify the existence of these facilities.

However, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) stated that China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang had lead to the 'United States and several other foreign governments' branding China's actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'.

The United Nations human rights office warned that the actions could 'constitute crimes against humanity'.